Efficacy of small group reading intervention for beginning readers with reading-delay: A randomised controlled trial

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 820-827

  Hatcher, Peter J ^a   Hulme, Charles ^a   Miles, Jeremy N V ^a   Carroll, Julia M ^b   Hatcher, Janet ^a   Gibbs, Simon ^c   Smith, Glynnis ^c   Bowyer Crane, Claudine ^a   Snowling, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c North Yorkshire Education Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trial; Reading difficulties; Reading intervention; Remedial teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; TEACHING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33746126113     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01559.x     Document Type: Article

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